Posts Tagged ‘student health’

Getting your college applications done, hearing back from schools, and ultimately enrolling will lift a big weight off of your shoulders, but that doesn’t mean you’re in the clear. The college experience itself, while a fun and happy time in most co-eds’ opinions, can also be stressful. You’re dealing with a far more intense course load and the always-troubling challenge called “time management”.

But some schools, according to Newsweek, have it worse than others. Based on cost, competitiveness, acceptance rates, engineering (this was a little unclear…perhaps because engineering programs are some of the most stressful?) and crime on campus, the list of the colleges with the most stressed-out students was assembled:

With all the excitement of your college search, it’s difficult to have the foresight that you might wind up under the weather a few times during your college career.

Without your usual network of chicken soup providers not around you, getting to know your university’s health services before you’re actually in dire need, is a smart idea. Take a visit to the university’s student health services facility so you can, for one thing, know where exactly it’s located on campus, and also how it works.

Here’s a list, according to the Princeton Review, of the top ten colleges with the best health services:
1. University of California – Los AngelesQuick fact: Located near Hollywood, the UCLA campus has been featured in countless films including Legally Blonde, Old School, The Nutty Professor, Erin Brockovich, and American Pie 2.

2. Whitman CollegeQuick fact: Whitman College is located in Walla Walla, Washington, which is kinda super really fun to say.

3. West PointQuick fact: The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to tons of historic sites, buildings, and monuments.

4. University of Texas AustinQuick fact: Austin has the largest urban bat population in America. So watch out for vampires [insert spooky noises].

6. Georgia Institute of TechnologyQuick fact: The educational institution was founded in 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction plans to build an industrial economy in the post-Civil War Southern United States.

7. University of PittsburghQuick fact: Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, Pitt is among a select group of universities and colleges established in the 18th century in the United States.

8. Susquehanna UniversityQuick fact: Nearly 20 percent of the undergraduate student population is active in Greek life on campus.

9. University of GeorgiaQuick fact: As a member of the Southeastern Conference, the University of Georgia Bulldogs have won thirty-seven national championships and 130 conference championships.

10. University of FloridaQuick fact: The university is the sixth largest single-campus university in the United States by student population.

Do college students pay enough attention to their health? What’s your opinion? Leave a comment below!

But more often than not, even with a week or two off of school, you’re still stuck bringing your organic chemistry book to the beach or writing your paper for Medieval history in the car on your eight hour road trip to Mardi Gras. In short, sometimes a school break is not really a break from school.

Things might be changing though for Ivy League school, Cornell University. The Cornell Daily Sunwrites that the university’s faculty senate has proposed a ban on last-minute homework assigned right before break and due right after. While some professors argue that small homework assignments have no relation to Cornell college students’ mental health issues, others, including Professor David Delchamps finds that “several small assignments can amount to a stressful time commitment for students on break.”

Professors might find their assignments not stressful, but with several different assignments from different classes, it adds up and affects students.